Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: Church and Thatched Hut in Philippine Town

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Year1944
Decade1940s
LocationLeyte Gulf, Philippines
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1944 · Leyte Gulf, Philippines
StatusDirect License

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Church and Thatched Hut in Philippine Town — Clip Details

LEYTE GULF PHILIPPINES-1944: This 8mm home movie footage captures two distinct scenes from a small Philippine town during World War II. The first sequence shows a historic church with twin bell towers and a domed facade, its weathered stone walls and arched windows standing against a cloudy sky. The second scene transitions to a traditional thatched-roof hut nestled among tropical trees, its wooden structure and elevated platform suggesting a rural dwelling. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics with faded, purplish color tones, visible grain, and slight motion blur, offering a rare, authentic glimpse into mid-20th century life in the Philippines.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123138245

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$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1944 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Leyte Gulf, Philippines Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful 1940s Leyte Gulf home-movie material for documentary inserts on Philippine town settings, wartime-era travel views, or vernacular architecture.
Period detail: The church facade, thatched dwelling, tropical setting, and faded 8mm color may show a small Philippine town as filmed during the 1944 Leyte Gulf period.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, briefly holding on landmarks and dwellings rather than staging action or recording identifiable people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a twin-tower church, cloudy sky, thatched hut, wooden walls, raised platform, tropical trees, and dark contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries grain, soft focus, magenta color shift, uneven exposure, and slight handheld blur consistent with aged 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, architectural cutaway, location transition, or memory beat between broader Leyte Gulf sequences.
Historical context: The views provide visual context for church-centered town architecture and rural thatched housing without proving a specific event or military activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or religious-site permissions still require separate review.
Research search match: Searches such as 1940s Philippines 8mm church, Leyte Gulf home movie hut, wartime Philippine town footage, or thatched dwelling archive may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Leyte Gulf 1944 clips, then broader Philippine town, church, and rural dwelling footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Leyte Gulf home-movie frame showing a weathered church with twin bell towers and arched facade. — Church facade with twin towers in a small Philippine town setting.
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1944 Leyte Gulf frame showing a thatched wooden hut in a tropical setting, with soft focus and color fading. — Thatched hut seen among tropical trees.
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1944 Leyte Gulf home-movie frame with a thatched-roof dwelling, wooden wall sections, and tropical vegetation. — Closer view of the thatched dwelling and wooden platform.
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1944 Leyte Gulf frame showing the same thatched hut from a slightly wider angle, with tropical trees and aged color shift. — Thatched hut framed by trees at the end of the clip.
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